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Kids At Fort Worth Hospital; Mom Arrested For Abuse

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Two children are being treated for injuries at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, and their mother faces felony injury to a child charges after a police investigation at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene.

A third child died as a result of the alleged abuse. One of the children being treated in Fort Worth suffered serious injuries.

Abilene Police report they were called to a residence on base around 4 p.m. Tuesday.

When they got there, they found a 22-month-old girl who was not responsive. That child was taken to Abilene Regional Medical Center, but pronounced dead. Two other young female children – ages six-months and three years – were taken to Cook Children’s via air ambulance.

Police arrested Tiffany N. Klapheke. She faces three counts of felony injury to a child with bond set at $500.000. Klapheke is the dependent of a service member currently deployed, Abilene police said.